monocline

American  

[mon-uh-klahyn] / ˈmɒn əˌklaɪn /

noun

Geology.

1. a monoclinal structure or fold.

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monocline British  

/ ˈmɒnəʊˌklaɪn /

noun

1. a local steepening in stratified rocks with an otherwise gentle dip

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monocline Scientific  

/ mŏn′ə-klīn′ /

1. A set of rock layers that all slope downward from the horizontal in the same direction.

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Other Word Forms

• monoclinal adjective
• monoclinally adverb

Etymology

Origin of monocline

First recorded in 1875–80; back formation from monoclinal

Example Sentences

Its main feature, the Waterpocket Fold, is a wrinkle in the Earth’s crust known as a monocline.

From Washington Post

Such bends are called monoclines, monoclinal folds or flexures, because they present only one fold, or one half of a fold, instead of the two which we see in an arch or trough.

From Project Gutenberg

About three or four miles west of this junction the river enters the east slope of the east Kaibab monocline, and here the Grand Cañon begins.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole country hereabouts is composed of monoclines, all the crests presenting one long, gentle slope, with rocks dipping with the slope, and one abrupt short slope, cutting the strata.

From Project Gutenberg

The roads, for the most part, follow along the edge of these monoclines, making them unusually long, though easy.

From Project Gutenberg